Lori Ann Dietz & Todd Russell Dannenhower

December 14, 2008|The Morning Call

Held at the White Christmas Tree Chalet Garden overlooking the Blue Mountains, Slatington, Pa. Lori Ann Dietz, daughter of Joseph and Sally Ann Dietz, Granddaughter of Leonard Dietz Sr. of Nesquehoning, Pa., and Todd Russell Dannenhower, son of Ronald and Evelyn Dannenhower of Breinigsville and Mr. Daniel & Carol Maderic of Christiansburg, VA. The marriage ceremony was held at the Great White Christmas Tree Chalet Garden outdoors on a beautiful sunny day with the birds chirping overlooking Blue Mountains on May 10, 2008 at 3:00pm, Slatington, PA. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Joseph C. Dietz. The Matron of Honor was the brides sister-in-law, Louann Dietz and the maid of honor was the brides first cousin, Samantha Zeigler. The bridesmaids were Carmella Cappellini, grooms sister Rhonda Clifford, and Kimberly Kohut. The bridesmaids were dressed in elegant gowns to match the bride. The best man was James Raudenbush, the rest of the groomers as follows: Chuck Clifford, brother-in-law, J.C. Dietz, brides brother, Jim Campbell and Roy Werley. The ring bearer of the marriage ceremony, nephew, Drew Clifford who was in charge of the brides and grooms marriage wedding bands. Ring bearer, Drew did an outstanding job with being in charge of the rings and walking the two lovely little young ladies down the aisle one on each arm. Flower girls for the bride, Hayley Sortman & Brynne Ehrlacher who did a wonderful job lying down fresh rose petals for the bride prior to the brides entrance. Dr. Rev. Robert Santucci of Bethlehem, PA performed the double ring ceremony with live natural guitar music by Amy Germick. The first reading from the Bible was Allow us to live together to a happy old age Tobit 8:4 and the Second reading was God is Love from John 4:7. Songs were as follows: On Eagles Wings to welcome loved ones in from heaven, Let there be Peace on Earth and Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton; as bride and broom walked down the aisle for the first time as husband and wife. Sassy Dannenhower was also part of the ceremony and did well running up the aisle to see her mommy and daddy for pictures overlooking the beautiful mountains on a perfect spring day. Live bright orange and black Monarch butterflies were released at the pronouncement of the bride and groom becoming husband and wife - Mr. & Mrs. Todd Russell Dannenhower. The married couple resides in Washington Township in their two year old townhouse in Slatington, Pa. The bride was honored at a shower that was held by mother and all her bridesmaids at Walks, now called River Walck in Palmerton, Pa on April 29, 2008 @ 12:00pm. A buffet of hot food was served and was delicious. The rehearsal was the night before the wedding which was held at The Terrace in Walnutport and was hosted by the grooms mother and father. The bride is a 1994 Graduate of Panther Valley High School and a graduate of Northampton Community College on a scholarship from Country Meadows Living Center Building 4 Alzheimers Building where she worked for 5 years while going to college. She also started to work for Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network on the Trauma Unit as an LPN. She was one of the first recipients to earn the Smile Scholarship from LVH to further her education to become an RN. LVH also paid for her certification to become a specialized hospice and palliative nurse with the title RN, CHPN in 2007. The groom is a graduate of Parkland High School where he exceeded as the top student in Vo-Tech for his carpentry and building skills. He earned numerous awards for this. He is a graduate of Penn State University specializing in building. He also specializes in making custom handmade cabinetry and building full additions and houses. Todd is employed full time with H&R Services in Allentown, Pa and the bride, Lori Ann is employed full time as the Admissions Assessment RN at Moravian Village of Bethlehem. She is also per diem at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network at the new Inpatient Hospice Unit at 17th and Chew site. Following the wedding reception that was held inside the White Christmas Tree Chalet in the Northern Lights room, the couple left for a honeymoon cruise to Bermuda for eight days on Saturday, May 11, 2008.